I did for winter fishing back in Texas. We had a large population of roosting water turkeys on Lake Lewisville. I would find the trees they were roosting in. Early morning I would approach a tree and have my rod rigged with a piece of bacon and a LARGE float. Lob it so that the float would make a splat sound when it hit the water. Catfish hung out underneath those trees and associated the splat sound with bird poop. In the spring I would use those mini cocktail weiners. That way I could eat the bait if I got hungry.